Congratulations to Jay London for scrambling onboard the L.C.S. boat. We here at SHECKYmagazine fully intend to bring you coverage of the final shootout in Los Angeles. The folks at NBC are uncertain which night they’ll hold the finals. If our schedule syncs up with that of the Peacock, we’ll be there to upload pics and text. (And, if we can’t make it, someone from SHECKYmagazine will be there!)
The L.C.S./SHECKYmagazine Readers’ Poll has been reset and London’s name has been inserted. Please take a moment to vote for the winner over there —> Here’s the results from the most recent poll:
Gulman 30 %
Heffron 23 %
Bodden 16 %
Madigan 14 %
Other 12 %
Pescatelli 5 %
We watched the show last night on a big ol’ TV in the green room at the Borgata Comedy Club in Atlantic City (a spectacular 900-seat jewel of a club). We were visiting Kenny Rogerson, Jim McCue and Rob Magnotti. Two of the three are depicted below, flanking SHECKYmagazine Editor Brian McKim, at one of the several bars at the Borgata (this one is cleverly called “Bar”).
And finally, from the Hollywood Reporter’s recap of the goings on in Montreal last week, is this:
At the end of a festival that was a strong showing for Canadian talent, Caribbean-born, Toronto-based Gilson Lubin walked away with a talent/development deal with Spike TV. He beat 10 other stand-up comics — all selected based on their performances throughout the festival — in Saturday night’s first-ever “Spike the Mike” contest.
Addendum: Sharp-eyed reader Robert “Comedy Bird of Prey” Hawkes wrote the following after reading the above posting:
“We hear at SHECKYmagazine”? “hear?” How late were you up last night?
Thanks to the flexibility that is the hallmark of Internet publishing, the egregious error has been corrected! We thank Mr. Hawkes for pointing out the homonymic confusion and we also thank him for speculating that our error was due not to stupidity, but to fatigue! And, to answer his question, 2:00 AM! Thanks!